I tore my starter apart to restore it, and in the process lost one of the nylon pieces (see attached photo). I hate that! I've searched everywhere I can think of, and can't find it. I even tore all the stuff out of the lower shelves of my workbench, thinking maybe it fell off the workbench and hit my stomach or foot or something and flew in amongst all the junk. No such luck. I emptied the wastebasket, thinking maybe I threw it away with a paper towel or something...no luck. ARGH! A while back I lost the retaining clip on the clutch master cylinder...it still hasn't shown up. I saw that one fall and hit the floor, but I've been unable to find out where it went.

Oh well...I have a spare starter I can cannibalize...I just hate losing stuff!

Rich

 

dont worry youll find it in a few years

 

I would loose my *** if it was not attached...

I lost the new front license plate for 2 weeks in my kitchen...

 

I know some people that like to compare themselves to a dog hiding a bone.

They came up with a great idea of where to hide/put it to keep it safe but just cant remember where the **** that was (friend lost his passport)

 

This is why I won't rebuild a carb. I always have at least 2 screws and a spring left over "oh ****" where did that go?

 

it'll show up when you least expect it or right after you put the starter back in the car LOL thats the way the universe works

 

It is rather bizarre and frustrating how stuff disappears into thin air.

 

LOL I can relate to that completely!!! (I did get lucky when I did the carb, though...everything had a place with no left over parts...whew!)

 

AAADD: KNOW THE SYMPTOMS....

Recently, I was diagnosed with

Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder (AAADD).

This is how it manifests:

I decide to water my garden.

As I turn on the hose in the driveway,

I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.

As I start toward the garage,

I notice mail on the porch table that

I brought up from the mail box earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys on the table,

put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table,

and notice that the can is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back

on the table and take out the garbage first.

But then I think,

since I'm going to be near the mailbox

when I take out the garbage anyway,

I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my check book off the table,

and see that there is only one check left.

My extra checks are in my desk in the study,

so I go inside the house to my desk where

I find the can of Coke I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks,

but first I need to push the Coke aside

so that I don't accidentally knock it over.

The Coke is getting warm,

and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke,

a vase of flowers on the counter

catches my eye--they need water.

I put the Coke on the counter and

discover my reading glasses that

I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put them back on my desk,

but first I'm going to water the flowers

I set the glasses back down on the counter,

fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote.

Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV,

I'll be looking for the remote,

but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table,

so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs,

but first I'll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers,

but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.

So, I set the remote back on the table,

get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then, I head down the hall trying to

remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:

The car isn't washed.

The bills aren't paid.

A warm Coke sits on the counter.

The flowers are too dry.

There remains only one check in my checkbook.

I can't find the remote.

I can't find my glasses.

I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

When I try to figure out why nothing got done today,

I'm really baffled because I was busy the whole damn day,

and I'm really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem,

and I'll try to get some help for it,

but first I'll check my e-mail....

Do me a favor.

Forward this message to everyone you know,

because I don't remember who the hell I've sent it to.

Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!

 

Too funny!!!!!

 

You know, this would be really funny if it wasn't so close to reality for me...

Rich

 

I'm only 23 and that's already happening to me! Sounds like I'm in big trouble. Thanks for the heads up Bliffle!

 

Woo hoo! I found it! Here's what I think happened. I had the starter parts laying out on the workbench. I decided to load up a small cardboard box with some supplies for the power window relay project I'm working on (pictures will be up soon...I'm nearly done) so I could take them into the house and work on it in my basement workshop. The piece that went missing still had some grease on it and came into contact with the box, and stuck to it. Last night I moved the box on my basement workbench and lo and behold, there is was, staring me in the face! So there is one project I can finish this weekend

Rich

 

After finding the missing nylon piece that precipitated this thread, I finished the starter restoration...here are some before and after pictures. By the way, I also found the clutch slave cylinder retaining clip that disappeared several weeks ago!

Rich

 

Man you got lucky. Glad it worked out in the end.











(Sorry, I had to. )